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package jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement;

import jade.content.Concept;


/** 
 This class implements the <code>property</code> type, a pair of a
 name and value.
 @see jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement.FIPAManagementOntology
 @author Fabio Bellifemine - CSELT S.p.A.
 @version $Date: 2009-08-26 08:56:09 +0200 (mer, 26 ago 2009) $ $Revision: 6183 $
 */
public class Property implements Concept {

	private String name;
	private Object value;

	/**
       Default constructor. A default constructor is needed for JADE
       ontological classes.
	 */
	public Property() {
	}

	/**
       Create a property object, with the given name and value pair.
       @param name The name of the property.
       @param value The Java object associated with the given name.
	 */
	public Property(String name, Object value) {
		this.name = name;
		this.value = value;
	}

	/**
       Set the name of the property object.
       @param n The new name for this property.
	 */
	public void setName(String n) {
		name = n;
	}

	/**
       Retrieve the name of this property object.
       @return The string that is the name of this property, or
       <code>null</code> if no name was set.
	 */
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	/**
       Set the value for this property object, attached to the
       property name.
       @param o The new Java object to attach to the property name.
	 */
	public void setValue(Object o) {
		value = o;
	}

	/**
       Retrieve the value of this property object, associated with the
       property name.
       @return The value of this property, or <code>null</code> if no
       value was set.
	 */
	public Object getValue() {
		return value;
	}

	//#J2ME_EXCLUDE_BEGIN
	// For persistence only
	private void setsvalue(java.io.Serializable s) {
		value = s;
	}

	private java.io.Serializable getsvalue() {
		return (java.io.Serializable) value;
	}
	//#J2ME_EXCLUDE_END
	
	//#MIDP_EXCLUDE_BEGIN
	public boolean match(Property p) {
		boolean result = false;
		if (name.equals(p.name)) {
			// The property name matches. Check the value
			if (value == null) {
				result = true;
			}
			else if (value instanceof String) {
				result = ((String)value).equalsIgnoreCase(p.value.toString());
			}
			else {
				result = value.equals(p.value);
			}
		}
		return result;
	}
	//#MIDP_EXCLUDE_END
	
	public Object clone(){
		return new Property(name, value);
	}
	
}